Sentences with phrase «relative age of the universe»

Not exact matches

Observing 34 young stars, an international team of astronomers learned the waves can reveal the stars» relative ages and other traits — and so provide a valuable tool to explore the evolution of the universe.

Lawrence expects that the spacecraft will significantly shrink levels of uncertainty for such cosmological parameters as the age of the universe and the relative proportions of ordinary matter (all that we can see and touch) and that mysterious stuff known as dark matter, which is believed to make up far more of the universe than its ordinary counterpart.